Record absence of world’s oldest head of state reignites health speculation
Paul Biya gives a speech in Maroua, Cameroon, last October, with his wife, Chantal, sitting beside him. Photograph: Xinhua/AlamyView image in fullscreenPaul Biya gives a speech in Maroua, Cameroon, last October, with his wife, Chantal, sitting beside him. “Paul Biya, elected by the Cameroonian people and paid by them, is a worker who has the right to annual leave,” he said.
- ▪Paul Biya gives a speech in Maroua, Cameroon, last October, with his wife, Chantal, sitting beside him.
- ▪Photograph: Xinhua/AlamyView image in fullscreenPaul Biya gives a speech in Maroua, Cameroon, last October, with his wife, Chantal, sitting beside him.
- ▪“Paul Biya, elected by the Cameroonian people and paid by them, is a worker who has the right to annual leave,” he said.
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Paul Biya gives a speech in Maroua, Cameroon, last October, with his wife, Chantal, sitting beside him. Photograph: Xinhua/AlamyView image in fullscreenPaul Biya gives a speech in Maroua, Cameroon, last October, with his wife, Chantal, sitting beside him. Photograph: Xinhua/AlamyCameroonRecord absence of world’s oldest head of state reignites health speculationCameroon’s president has not made statement or been seen since leaving for ‘brief private stay’ at Swiss hotel on 7 JuneGiovanni Wanneh in Buea and Eromo Egbejule in AccraThu 30 Jul 2026 08.36 EDTLast modified on Thu 30 Jul 2026 08.37 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA record 53-day absence of the world’s oldest head of state has renewed speculation in his native Cameroon about whether he is dead or alive, even though discussing…
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